In a period of just over a year, the perennial technology of the future has become suddenly real—with major breakthroughs in computing hardware and software.
Quantum computers use qubits, which can exist in multiple states, allowing them to solve problems differently and make leaps where classical computers proceed step by step.
The real promise of quantum computing is that it can perform now-impossible simulations of atomic-level interactions and enable game-changing predictions in fields like medicine and finance.
Sufficiently advanced quantum computers could obliterate current data-encryption algorithms, prompting the development of new 'post-quantum' algorithms by the U.S. government to counteract the threat.
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